sensation and perception

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sensation

collection of info from the environment via sensory receptors and organs, pick up various stimuli from environment through transduction, converts that info into neural signal and processes it, resulting in perception

perception

mental experience generated by the gathered information, it is the analysis and interpretation of info by the nervous system which leads to the experience of a particular mental state, subjective and internal experience

chemotaxis

a phenomenon in which somatic cells, direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment

photosynthetic

use energy from light to survive

phototaxis

moving towards light

phototropism

moving or bending or growing towards lights

phycomyces

light sensitive fungus, attracted to light, grows at an almost visible rate (1 mm per hour)

naive realism

common sense theory about perception, we see things exactly how they are

five fundamental canonical senses

vision, hearing, taste, smell and touch

vestibular sense

sense of balance, detects our movement, processed by the body and the mind in a different way than all the other senses